Fender for corn-planters.



J. Z. HARTZLER.

FENDER POR CORN PLANTERS.

APPLICATION FILED JNEZ, 1909v Patented Aug. 24, 1909.

JOSEPH Z. HARTZLE'R, 0F EAST-LYNE, MISSOURI.

FENDER FOR CORN-PLANTERS.

Speciiication .of Letters Patent.

Application led June 2, 1909. Serial No. 499,624.

To all whom it may concern:

.Be it known that I, JosEPn Z. -HARTZLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at East Lynne, county of Cass, and State of `Missouri, have invented certain new and useful. Improvements in Fenders for Corn- Planters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fenders for corn planters.

lt has heretofore been proposed to attach to the shoe or runner of a corn planter', a fender -to prevent the clods of dirt opened by the shoe from falling back into the furrow an under the covering wheel.

The resent invention relates to the foregoing c ass offenders and'has for its object the provision of a fender Whic'h may be inexpensively made out of sheet metal, prefer` ab y steel, will re uire no attachment on the shoe or drilling o bolt .holes therein for its secureinent to the shoe, and whichj'may be readily and easily applied vto or removed from the shoe in the desired position and will be adaptedto direct the clods of dirt laterally and prevent the-1n from falling back into the furrow, as-well'as constructed for ready vertical adjustment to different heights, thus regulating the depth the furrow is o cned by the shoe and insuring an even an( regular depth of dropping of the corn so that the sprouts will come up at substantially the same height.

The invention is carried out by the provision of a fender of novehconstruction as will appear more fully hereinafter.

ln the accompanying drawings: Figure l `is an enlarged side View showing the invention in use, certain parts being broken away; Fig. 2, a top plan view, certain parts beincr in4 section; Fig. 3, a detail cross section on ine 3-3 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 4, a detail perspective of the invention, with the securingbolt removed.

The ordinary shoe .or runner of. a corn planter is shown at 1, the invention being shown as appliedthereto. The fender has diverging wings 2 and 3 of sheet metal, referably steel of such thickness as to afl'or the requisite resiliency and strength, ,formed from the same piece with a bridge or bow 4.

Alined vertical slots 5 extend from the wings up into the bow Orbridge, a bolt 6, having a suitable nut, passing through said slots. The rear parts of the wings. are connected by a meta brace plate 7 having a slot 8 extending4 upwardly from the lower edge thereof.

In. applying the fender, the slot 8 receives the up er edge of the shoe 1 andthe forward part o the shoe lies betweenthe forward ends ofthe wings, the bolt 6 resting u on the shoe and by its adjustability in the s ots 5 aording means whereby the fender may be adjusted to different heights, according'to` the,v depth it is desired'that the shoe penetrate the earth. The fender is secured byv tightening` Patented Aug'. 24:, 1909.

the bolt 6, the `forward ends of the wings thereupon clasping the sides of the shoe -with the requisitev frictional Contact. On loosen-y ing the bolt thel fender may be adjusted higher or lower or to any desired position on the shoe or the entire fender removed from the shoe. y

Whereas earlier fenders have been positively secured by the bolts, set screws, or the" like, the present fender is attached by the frictional contact of the win s and the engagernent of the brace with t e shoe so that 1t 1s 'unnecessary to drill holes in the shoe or` to provide it with appliances of any kind for the holding of the device. y

When in use, the fender deiiects the clods turned u by the shoe and prevents them from falling into the furrow, besides regulating the'depth to which the shoe will penef trate in the soil and thus the stand of corn is` of the same height throughout the furrow.

Having thus described my invention what l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A fender for the shoes of corn planters, consisting of horizontally, diverging iiexible wings dis osed on edge vertically, and a de-l vice for rawing said wings together to frictionall-y bind them on the shoe, said device being adjustable vertically inrelation to the fender whereby the height of positioning of the fender on the shoe may be regulated.

2. A fender for the shoes of corn planters, i

consisting of horizontally divergent'wings disposed on edge vertically, means for drawing the foreparts of said wings together to i frietionall -bind them on the shoe, and a the shoe, and a brace connecting said win s 10 brace bri mg said Wings and having. means and adapted to engage vthe shoe of t e to enga e the shoe of the planter. planter. v

3. A Iander for the shoes of corn planters, In testimony whereof, I hereunto 215x my .-5 consisting of a single piece of resilient or flexisignature in presence of two Witnesses. -ble material composed of horizontally diverg- JOSEPH Z. HARTZLER. ing wings and a connecting arch, said Wings Witnesses: having slots, a tensionin device passing F. W. FOSTER,

l throughsaid slots forbin ing the Wlngs on S. SAMMON. 

